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Social media have become significant platforms for meaningful and important human interactions. While there are many ways that people use social networking sites to engage in politics and civic activities,[6. numoffset=”6″ Smith, A. (2014) \u201c,\u201d Pew Research Center, Washington, DC. November 3, 2014. https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2014\/11\/03\/cell-phones-social-media-and-campaign-2014\/<\/a>] exchange important health information,[7. Fox, S. and Purcell, K. (2010) \u201cSocial Media and Health,\u201d Pew Research Center, Washington, DC. March 24, 2010. https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2010\/03\/24\/social-media-and-health\/<\/a>] interact with government,[8. Smith, A. (2010). \u201c: The internet gives citizens new paths to government services and information,\u201d Pew Research Center, Washington, DC. April 27, 2010. https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2010\/04\/27\/part-two-government-engagement-using-social-media-and-the-government-participatory-class\/<\/a>] learn in formal and informal settings[9. Purcell, K. and Rainie, L. (2014). \u201c,\u201d Pew Research Center, Washington, DC. December 8, 2014. https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2014\/12\/08\/more-information-yields-more-learning-and-sharing\/<\/a>] and perform their jobs,[10. Purcell, K., and Rainie,L. (2014). \u201c,\u201d Pew Research Center, Washington,DC. December 30, 2014. https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2014\/12\/30\/technologys-impact-on-workers\/<\/a>] people also use social media to offer each other social and emotional support. For instance, recent research has looked at how Facebook users broadcast requests for help to their networks.[11. Ellison, N., Gray, R., Vitak, J., Lampe, C., & Fiore, A. (2013). Calling all Facebook friends: Exploring requests for help on Facebook. In Proceedings of the 7th annual International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM). Washington, DC: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.] Those who reported trying to respond to requests from their friends had higher perceptions of support from their networks, highlighting the reciprocal nature of giving and getting support on social media.[12. Ellison, N.B., Gray, R., Lampe, C. & Fiore, A.T. (2014, October). Social capital and resource requests on Facebook. New Media & Society 16 (7), pp. 1104 \u2013 1121.] In addition, asking for help \u2013 posting requests to one\u2019s network \u2013 is an important part of getting support through social media.[13. Ellison, N., Gray, R., Vitak, J., Lampe, C., & Fiore, A. (2013). Calling all Facebook friends: Exploring requests for help on Facebook. In Proceedings of the 7th annual International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM). Washington, DC: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.]<\/p>\n\n

This report documents the variety of ways parents use social media in their lives \u2013 in many cases for the purpose of receiving or offering support. Research on how mothers use social media shows that while mothers do have concerns about privacy and oversharing, they still see benefits from sharing information about their children via the social support and validation they receive.[14. Kumar, P., & Schoenebeck, S. (2015, February). The modern day baby book: Enacting good mothering and stewarding privacy on Facebook. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (pp. 1302-1312). ACM.]\u00a0Social media also allow parents to share their own experiences with parenting, through answering questions and sharing information about their own children. This report also measures which social media platforms parents are using and how parents construct their networks of connections on those networks. And, finally, the report takes a deeper dive into parents\u2019 use of Facebook, the most widely used social media platform.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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